Q&A: saturated fat, your health and what the experts say

The key points in a debate between cardiology experts over the link between fat, cholesterol and coronary disease

What's the fuss about?

A furore has blown up over whether eating saturated fat increases the risk of coronary heart disease after three cardiologists said that "the conceptual model of dietary saturated fat clogging a pipe is just plain wrong". They also dismissed the drive for foods with lower cholesterol and the use of medications as "misguided".